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Now that the weather appears to be a little kinder to us — I did get a suntan during my needed weekend getaway to Cumberland Lake — it’s time to take a look over the first few weeks of the spring season. There have been plenty of highlights.

After splitting its first two games of the season, coach Matt Wright said his Henry County softball team needed to focus more, limiting errors in the field and having a good mental approach at the plate. And after playing six more games last week, Wright said Henry did just that.

The Ladycats strung together five straight wins, beating Walton-Verona, Owen County, Carroll County, Upper St. Clair (PA) and Anderson County, and lost to a tough Union County squad to leave them at 6-2 on the season. The final three games were part of the Oldham County Spring Break Classic.

It wasn’t the prettiest mens’ NCAA basketball tournament this year, but it sure was exciting.

And after what was probably the ugliest game of all in the finale, Connecticut beat Butler, 53-41, late Monday in a horrid shooting night and the fate of this year’s tournament and Henry Hoopla contest were sealed.

In what was the Eminence softball team’s biggest win in eight years, the Warriors opened the season in impressive fashion last Wednesday night with their 21-1 victory over Sayre in Lexington.

The 21 points in a single game and the 20-point margin of victory was the most productive single-game scoring performance since the Warriors beat Evangel Christian 22-0 on April 1, 2003. It was the Warriors only game last week, which points them in the right direction with a season full of possibilities remaining.

The first two games of the season for the Eminence baseball team followed a similar storyline, and both ended in 11-run losses.

The Warriors opened with a 12-1 loss to Anderson County last Tuesday night, then took a 13-2 loss to Owen County on Thursday. It gives the Warriors a 0-2 record entering the second week.

Anderson used a big third inning to score eight runs, and ended the game with the 10-run mercy rule after five innings. And two days later, Owen jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning and ended the game after six innings with the mercy rule.

Both track teams in the county competed at two meets last week, and Henry County hosted its first one of the season.

The Henry and Eminence high school teams were in action at the Shelby County All-Comers on Tuesday night, and again at the Henry County All-Comers on Thursday. It was Henry’s third and fourth meets of the season, while it was Eminence’s first two. Both teams now have a break before the Carroll County All-Comers next Tuesday.